Locals lead Class 1A all-state football team

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Several area Region 4 players were selected to the Class 1A all-state football team on Tuesday.

Killdeer senior defensive lineman Brock Pittsley, Heart River senior running back Seth Ewoniuk and Heart River senior defensive back Cole Hecker were all first-team selections along with three players from state champion Hazen — senior quarterback Stetson Carr, senior defensive lineman Michael Maas and junior linebacker Hunter Fears.

Pittsley was the Region 4 Senior Athlete of the Year. Ewoniuk rushed for 1,520 yards and 22 touchdowns. Hecker was a threat on both sides of the ball and also rushed for 981 yards and 14 touchdowns.

Grant County-Flasher senior tight end Dustin Iverson and New Salem-Almont-Glen Ullin senior linebacker Taylor Heins were also first-team selections.

Heart River had three linemen named to the second team. Senior Mitch Krebs was an offensive selection while senior Riley Obrigewitch and junior Seth Obritsch received second-team nods.

Killdeer senior offensive lineman Konner Chinn was second-team offense selection, along with Hazen sophomore Seth Kreil and New Salem-Almont-Glen Ullin junior Zack Coffer.

Richardton-Taylor-Hebron senior linebacker Paul Koppinger was on the second-team defense.

See Scoreboard on Page B2

for complete all-state team.

High school football

Awards

Class 1A all-state

First-team offense

QB — Hunter Braaten, jr., Westhope-Newburg-Glenburn; Stetson Carr, sr., Hazen. RB — P.J. Peterson, sr., Larimore; Logan Gunderson, sr., Lewis & Clark-Berthold/Our Redeemer’s; Seth Ewoniuk, sr., Heart River; Abraham Roehrich, sr., Stanley-Powers Lake Chad Jelinek, sr., Park River/Fordville-Lankin; Colter Pritchard, sr., Langdon-Munich; WR — Kale Enget, sr., Stanley-Powers Lake; TE — Dustin Iverson, sr., Grant County-Flasher; OL — Brayden Hofer, jr., Larimore; Zach Drevlow, sr., Milnor-North Sargent.

First-team defense

DL — Dylan Claus, jr., Maple Valley-Enderlin; Devin Korynta, sr., Westhope-Newburg-Glenburn; Braeden Farhart, sr., Stanley-Powers Lake; Michael Maas, sr., Hazen; Brock Pittsley, sr., Killdeer. LB — Clay Jacob, sr., Linton-HMB; Taylor Barstad, sr., Velva; Hunter Fears, jr., Hazen; Taylor Heins, sr., New Salem-Almont-Glen Ullin; Dalton Njos, sr., Lewis & Clark-Berthold/Our Redeemer’s. DB — Jordan Haseleu, sr., Maple Valley-Enderlin; Cole Hecker, sr., Heart River.

Second-team offense

Larimore — Matt Bratlie, soph.; Langdon-Munich — Austin Winnegge, sr.; Harvey-Wells County – Koby Houchin, sr.; Northern Cass — Maverick Symington, sr.; Oakes — Cole Ehrlin, jr.; Milnor-North Sargent — Andrew Martinson, jr.; Watford City — Nate Egeberg, sr.; Stanley-Powers Lake — Levi Hoiby, jr.; Williams County — Keenan Hodenfield, sr.; New Salem-Almont-Glen Ullin — Zack Coffer, jr.; Killdeer — Konner Chin, sr.; Hazen — Seth Kreil, soph.; Heart River — Mitch Krebs, sr.; Southern McLean — Brett Schreiner, sr.

Second-team defense

Langdon-Munich — Trey Lovcik, sr., and Trevor Roppel, sr.; Larimore — Derek Grogan, sr.; Park River/Fordville-Lankin — Cole Rehovsky, sr.; Mayville-Portland-C-G — Bennie Bradner, jr.; Linton-HMB — Al Gefroh, jr.; Kidder County — Tanner Kessel, jr.; Des Lacs-Burlington — Andrew Flick, sr.; Stanley-Powers Lake — Seth Myers, sr.; Watford City — Davis Zubke, sr.; Heart River — Riley Obrigewitch, sr., and Seth Obritsch, jr.; Richardton-Taylor-Hebron — Paul Koppinger, sr.

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